A little bit of an „old school“ Soviet player who displayed plenty of smartness and polish.
Drafted in the NHL by St. Louis Blues in 1992. Shortly thereafter that same summer, he had a serious car accident in Moscow.
It caused him to miss the entire 1992/93 season.
Although he resumed his playing career after the accident, he never went to North America. Instead he moved to the western neighbours in Finland.
Stayed three seasons in Finland and one in Sweden.
On the national team and Spartak Moscow he formed a dangerous line together with Nikolai Borschevsky and Vitaly Prokhorov.
Scored 462 (186+276) career points in 759 games.
Played his last six seasons back home in Russia and eventually retired in 2003.
Became a hockey coach for the Spartak Moscow juniors.
Inducted into the Russian Hockey Hall of Fame.
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